William eoembe



(No ModeL) I I W. ROEMER.

FIXTURE FORBAG FRAMES.

NO. 358,987. atented Mar. 8, 18-87.

- BY ATTYS.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. M

WILLIAM ROEMER, OF NEWVARK, NEYV JERSEY.

FIXTURE FOR BAG-FRAMES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 358,987, dated March 8, 1887.

Application filed September 18, 1886. Serial No. 213,851. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that WILLIAM ROEMER, a citizen of the United States, residing at N ewark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fixtures for Bag-Frames; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to certain improvements in fixtures for bag-frames of the class illustrated in my prior patent, No. 350, 64:1, the object being to provide more durable and effective fixtures at a reduced cost of manufacture.

This invention consists in an improved fastener for bag-frames havinga bar, frame, or box with a tang to engage a 00 operating fastener at the side, and recesses for the handle or shoulder-strap of the bag at the ends thereof, and said cooperating fastener, said parts being in combination, and in the arrangements and combinations of parts, substantially as will be hereinafter set forth, and finally e1nbodied in the clauses of the claim.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, in which like letters represent corresponding parts in each of the several figures thereof, Figure 1 is a plan View, and Fig. 2 a side ele vation, of a combined handleholding attachment and bag-fastener embodying my improvement. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the part of the fastener attached to the lower or underlapping jaw of the bagframe. Figs. 4 and 5 are plans, parts being broken away, of peculiar constructions of my improved fastener; and Fig. 6 shows the improved fastener mounted on the top and sides of a bag-frame.

In said drawings, a is a box, bar, or frame of metal, having a tongue-shaped protuberance or tang, c, at the side, and having rivetholes i i and eyes or slots d d at the ends thereof, the said eyes or slot-s being adapted to receive and hold rings attached to the ends of the handle or the ordinary shoulder'strap of the bag.

b is a plate of cast metal, having a slot, f, corresponding to the tongueshaped protuberance or tang c, and suitable lugs, 9, (shown in Fig. 3 and indicated in dotted line in Fig, 1,) the said lugs being adapted to be riveted to the lower or nnderlapping jaw, thus holding said plate b firmly and securely to one side of the bag-frame. 1

The tang c, Fig. 1, has a hole, h, adapted to receive a suitable pin or padlock, thus fastening the two jaws when in a closed position; or a revolving tang or finger-button may and is preferably provided, as shown in Fig. 4 at 0 having a pin or rivet-like portion integral therewith, which passes through the side of the box a, and is 011 the under side upset or riveted, as at 70. Bygiving the tang c a halfturn the plate I) may be held in place and the jaws held together in fastened relation, as will be understood.

Still another form of tang is shown in Fig. 5 at 0 said tang being hollow and having lugs Z at the sides thereof, riveted at m, and being free to move in the plane of the tang until they engage with suitable stops, as 0, and held automatically in a separated position by the spring a, so that after the tang is passed through the corresponding slot in the plate b the said lugs Zseparate automatically and hold the parts together, as will be manifest.

Any other forms of holding device may be employed without departing from the scope of thisinvention.

The combined fastener and handle-holder may be secured to the top strap or plate of the jaws and a modification of the fastener to the side straps or plates thereof, as shown in Fig. 6 at Z) c and b 0, respectively, thus holding the frame, when closed, firmly and securely.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new isl. A fastener for bagframes, combining therein a bar, frame, or box having a tang at the side and recesses for the handle or shoulder-strap at the ends thereof, and a plate, 6, with a slot adapted to receive the said tang, substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.

2. In combination with the jaws or sections of a bag or valise frame, a metal box or bar,

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a, with a revolving tang or thumb-button, a, substantially as and for the purposes herein riveted or otherwise secured at k, and a 00- described.

operating fastener, substantially as herein In testimony that I claim the foregoing I shown and described. have hereunto set my hand this 15th day of 5 3. In combination with the jaws or sections September, 1886.

of a bag or valise frame, a cast-metal box provided with a tang at or about in the center of ROEMER one of the sides thereof, and a east-metal plate WVitnesses: provided with a slot corresponding to said CHARLES H. PELL,

1o tang, and suitable lugs for securing said plate, WM. S. CORWIN. 

